{"id":59072,"date":"2026-06-08T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59072"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:05:00","slug":"yishun-rubbish-chute-crash-driver-allegedly-under-influence-of-meth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59072","title":{"rendered":"Yishun rubbish chute crash: Driver allegedly under influence of meth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 The alleged driver of a Mercedes-Benz car that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/man-arrested-for-possessing-stun-device-suspected-drug-offences-after-crashing-car-in-yishun?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">crashed into a rubbish chute in Yishun Street 11<\/span><\/a> was charged on June 8 with multiple traffic offences, including driving while under the influence of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Sivakandesh, who goes by only one name, was already disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for all classes of vehicles from July 23, 2024, to June 22, 2026. Court documents did not disclose the reasons for the disqualification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">They stated that the 32-year-old was at a carpark in Yishun Street 11 shortly before 6pm on June 6 when he failed to maintain control of the car he was driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">It struck two concrete bollards, a parked vehicle and a rubbish chute before coming to a stop. The vehicle\u2019s registration plates were removed after the accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Sivakandesh is also accused of leaving the scene of the accident. His case will be mentioned again in court in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">For driving while under the influence of an intoxicating substance, a first-time offender can be jailed for up to a year, fined up to $10,000, or both. A repeat offender can be jailed for up to two years and fined up to $20,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/yishun-rubbish-chute-crash-driver-was-allegedly-under-influence-of-meth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 The alleged driver of a Mercedes-Benz car that crashed into a rubbish chute in Yishun Street 11 was charged on June 8 with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}